Free 186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook:  
Get tool plans

User Tag List

Thread: Vintage work crew photos

  1. #2581
    Jon
    Jon is online now Jon has agreed the Seller's Terms of Service
    Administrator
    Supporting Member
    Jon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Colorado, USA
    Posts
    26,424
    Thanks
    8,098
    Thanked 40,226 Times in 11,769 Posts
    Loading bricks in the masonry shop. Homestead Steel Works. Homestead, Pennsylvania. May, 1945.

    Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...p_fullsize.jpg


    186 More Best Homemade Tools eBook

  2. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Jon For This Useful Post:

    jimfols (May 29, 2022), old_toolmaker (May 29, 2022)

  3. #2582
    Supporting Member jimfols's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2015
    Location
    Ontario Calif USA
    Posts
    853
    Thanks
    2,151
    Thanked 547 Times in 288 Posts
    When I first saw the photo I thought of Government Cheese from the early 80s.

    2,000+ Tool Plans
    Jim

  4. #2583
    Supporting Member IntheGroove's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2019
    Location
    Lake Tahoe
    Posts
    2,091
    Thanks
    195
    Thanked 942 Times in 571 Posts

    IntheGroove's Tools
    The Government is sitting on 1.4 billion pounds of cheese...

  5. #2584
    Supporting Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Hinchinbrook QLD
    Posts
    324
    Thanks
    44
    Thanked 139 Times in 85 Posts
    Quote Originally Posted by IntheGroove View Post
    The Government is sitting on 1.4 billion pounds of cheese...
    Begs the question. Why?

  6. #2585
    Supporting Member old_toolmaker's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2017
    Location
    Cape Coral, FL
    Posts
    579
    Thanks
    647
    Thanked 455 Times in 184 Posts

    old_toolmaker's Tools

    Loading bricks.

    Appears to be a lot of manual labor like most operations during that era. Little to no automation.
    Dick


    Links to some of my plans:

    https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...965#post105972 OFF-SET TAILSTOCK CENTER PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...995#post112113 SMALL TURRET TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/l...994#post112111 LARGE TURRET TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...383#post110340 MINI-LATHE CARRIAGE LOCK PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...191#post106483 SMALL QC TOOL POST PLANS
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/q...849#post119345 QUICK CHANGE LATHE TURRET
    http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/m...949#post119893 MINI LATHE COMPOUND PIVOT MODIFICATION

  7. #2586
    Supporting Member IntheGroove's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2019
    Location
    Lake Tahoe
    Posts
    2,091
    Thanks
    195
    Thanked 942 Times in 571 Posts

    IntheGroove's Tools
    Two bricks at a time...

  8. #2587
    Supporting Member Toolmaker51's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2016
    Location
    Midwest USA
    Posts
    5,334
    Thanks
    7,044
    Thanked 3,011 Times in 1,900 Posts

    Toolmaker51's Tools
    Quote Originally Posted by old_toolmaker View Post
    Appears to be a lot of manual labor like most operations during that era. Little to no automation.
    Being 1945, some of those will be discharged servicepeople. Just prior to this, sufficient production to supply the entire free world. Compared with more recent times, quality control was in hand, at the production level, not surplus levels of management. The work ethic and experience fueled the economy decades beyond, also creating a few new companies. All that equates into a portion of job satisfaction.
    Sincerely,
    Toolmaker51
    ...we'll learn more by wandering than searching...

  9. #2588
    Jon
    Jon is online now Jon has agreed the Seller's Terms of Service
    Administrator
    Supporting Member
    Jon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Colorado, USA
    Posts
    26,424
    Thanks
    8,098
    Thanked 40,226 Times in 11,769 Posts
    1913 Ford Motor Company assembly line workers.

    Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...s_fullsize.jpg


  10. The Following User Says Thank You to Jon For This Useful Post:

    jimfols (Jun 5, 2022)

  11. #2589
    Supporting Member Ralphxyz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2016
    Posts
    1,731
    Thanks
    3,197
    Thanked 294 Times in 240 Posts

    Ralphxyz's Tools
    Are they dropping the body onto the frame?

  12. #2590
    Supporting Member Toolmaker51's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2016
    Location
    Midwest USA
    Posts
    5,334
    Thanks
    7,044
    Thanked 3,011 Times in 1,900 Posts

    Toolmaker51's Tools
    Quote Originally Posted by Ralphxyz View Post
    Are they dropping the body onto the frame?
    Yes, at rear there are chassis that might not have hoods yet either. What a great solution; finish body upstairs, trundle them outside, feed down a ramp; mate to frame via the spindliest gantry on earth.
    Sincerely,
    Toolmaker51
    ...we'll learn more by wandering than searching...

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 35 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 35 guests)

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •